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Asia Pacific

 

Aussies Love British Bull
British cattle genetics are a hit at Australian beef show.

 

Move to ban beef dismays city
The slaughter of cows and calves is banned in Maharashtra, but the city's meat mafia ensures an unlimited supply, through hefty haftas paid to the police and civic officials.

 

Americas

 

Canada, Argentina join US in EU biotech case-source
Canada and Argentina will join the United States in filing a World Trade Organization complaint against the EU's prohibitions on new biotech goods, a Canadian government official said on Tuesday.

 

Europe

 

EU defends biotech rules before possible US attack
The European Commission on Tuesday defended EU rules on genetically modified foods ahead of a possible challenge by the United States at the World Trade Organization (WTO).

 

Russia sticks to lower meat import quotas for 2003
Russia is sticking to lower meat quotas for this year and has already issued permits to importers, a government official said, in a move many have seen aimed at retaliating against new European Union grain import quotas limiting Russian exports.

 

Rising Stars In Eastern Europe
Polish and Hungarian speakers feature at World Pork Congress.

 

$4 Billion Sanctions Threat to US
Following WTO authorization to apply countermeasures of up to $4 billion, EU expects US to ensure compliance with WTO rules.

 

USA

 

S&P slashes Smithfield's debt rating because of weak hog prices
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said that it lowered its corporate credit, bank loan, and senior secured debt ratings on leading hog producer and processor Smithfield Foods Inc. to "BB+" from "BBB-".

 

Advisors Named to Key Agricultural Trade Committees
Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman and U.S. Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick today announced the private sector appointees to seven agricultural trade advisory committees. The members appointed to the Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee for Trade (APAC) and six Agricultural Technical Advisory Committees for Trade (ATACs) will serve two-year appointments that coincide with the continuation of the Bush Administration's aggressive push to open foreign markets to U.S. agricultural products.

Asia Pacific

 

Aussies Love British Bull
British cattle genetics are a hit at Australian beef show.

 

Move to ban beef dismays city
The slaughter of cows and calves is banned in Maharashtra, but the city's meat mafia ensures an unlimited supply, through hefty haftas paid to the police and civic officials.

 

Americas

 

Canada, Argentina join US in EU biotech case-source
Canada and Argentina will join the United States in filing a World Trade Organization complaint against the EU's prohibitions on new biotech goods, a Canadian government official said on Tuesday.

 

Europe

 

EU defends biotech rules before possible US attack
The European Commission on Tuesday defended EU rules on genetically modified foods ahead of a possible challenge by the United States at the World Trade Organization (WTO).

 

Russia sticks to lower meat import quotas for 2003
Russia is sticking to lower meat quotas for this year and has already issued permits to importers, a government official said, in a move many have seen aimed at retaliating against new European Union grain import quotas limiting Russian exports.

 

Rising Stars In Eastern Europe
Polish and Hungarian speakers feature at World Pork Congress.

 

$4 Billion Sanctions Threat to US
Following WTO authorization to apply countermeasures of up to $4 billion, EU expects US to ensure compliance with WTO rules.

 

USA

 

S&P slashes Smithfield's debt rating because of weak hog prices
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said that it lowered its corporate credit, bank loan, and senior secured debt ratings on leading hog producer and processor Smithfield Foods Inc. to "BB+" from "BBB-".

 

Advisors Named to Key Agricultural Trade Committees
Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman and U.S. Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick today announced the private sector appointees to seven agricultural trade advisory committees. The members appointed to the Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee for Trade (APAC) and six Agricultural Technical Advisory Committees for Trade (ATACs) will serve two-year appointments that coincide with the continuation of the Bush Administration’s aggressive push to open foreign markets to U.S. agricultural products.